While you’re waiting for the new ASG album to drop, the North Carolina quartet is satiating salivating fans with an exclusive new single that’s a bit slower and sludgier than the sum of their acclaimed 2013 album, Blood Drive.
“Comet Drop” still boasts singer/guitarist Jason Shi’s signature melodic wails and behemoth walls of distortion, but drummer Scott Key and bassist Andy Ellis somehow maintain the band’s signature energy and intensity at a plodding, moonwalking-astronaut tempo. But back to Shi’s singing: Let’s just say that it’s refreshing to hear a guy hit those high notes without succumbing to yet another Sabbath-era Ozzy impersonation.